I’ve lived in my apartment (a standard duplex) for about a year. Since the day I moved in, my upstairs neighbors, and now more recently, the tenant in a detached building behind the main house have been getting their packages and food deliveries dropped at my front door. Not once in a while. Every. Other. Day. Amazon, Instacart, McDonald’s…apparently my porch is the delivery hub.
For months, I played unpaid courier and walked everything to the right spot. Eventually, I stopped. Cold turkey. Now I leave deliveries exactly where the driver leaves them: my front door.
Now, here’s where I might be the asshole.
This morning, the tenant from the detached building confronted me (at 530 am, no less.) and said: “You left my groceries outside until 10 p.m.”
Me: “No. You left your groceries outside until 10 p.m.”
T: “It’s not a big deal! Just bring them back next time.”
Me: “Leave a note for your delivery driver in the app. Or you can start tipping me for delivering your shit.”
That’s when they stormed off calling me names and losing their mind over all of this.
I’ve already contacted my landlord, so I’m not taking this any further. I’m done being the delivery person for the house, and the person from this morning. So, am I really the asshole for refusing to deliver everyone’s packages and food deliveries?
Happy 2026.
Note: I’ve never tampered with, stole, or hid any deliveries. I’m just now leaving them out front until they are grabbed by whomever ordered.
Yes, the neighbors are aware I have dropped off their deliveries. The daughter of the tenant upstairs thanked me once. (We have the whole Ring set up here, they can quite literally see me hoofing their things around the house, and up the back steps or to the detached building.)
Pretty clearly NTA
NTA.
No good deed goes unpunished. They got used to you doing it and now take you for granted. NTA for not continuing to deliver their items and NTA for reacting to your neighbor’s entitled statement about you not bringing his groceries. The way you reacted could possibly have been more tactful and effective because it gives him ammunition to make you seem like you’re the bad guy when you clearly are not.
NTA, it is their responsibility, not yours to either get the items where they are dropped off or check their delivery app. Every time I ever have items delivered the vendor texts me that the delivery is complete. Every. Single. Time. Your neighbors need to inform whomever is delivering of where the items should be delivered.
Don’t all these apps send a message when the food/grocery/item gets delivered? So they know their delivery came but they are sitting in their apartment on their ass waiting for you to realize a delivery came (cause you didnt get the delivery notice, they did) and for you to bring it to them? And then they are mad you didnt see their groceries were there for 3 hours and you didnt get up and play delivery guy? Make it make sense.
NTA! Not your responsibility in any way
To add another perspective though, I lived in a basement/backdoor suite for a year. I had a note on delivery apps/amazon/etc that I continued to edit and add to as I could to be clearer, “please deliver to back door/basement suite”. Some did, most didn’t. Now we are in an apartment building. I have a paragraph explaining which parking lot to go to (North lot with access off of X street, NOT Y Street, NOT the main lobby). I have changed the Pin location. I explain that I am 8 months pregnant and delivery anywhere but the requested door – which is right beside our apartment – is not really a great option for me. They go to the opposite side of the building or the lobby. Every. Single. Time. I get the same drivers sometimes and explain this all to them and STILL they go to the wrong door. I’m very frustrated by this, obviously, but I still go get my food even if it takes a little longer or whatever, I don’t expect a neighbour to buzz them in or take the delivery for me. Your neighbours may have similar notes that are similarly ignored, but that still doesn’t mean it’s your responsibility to fix the delivery driver’s mistake.
If that was the case, it’s unlikely that so many packages stop with OP. Plus the two conversations OP specifically mentions would likely include the neighbor apologizing for the delivery person ignoring the instructions.
NTA. If they can’t come get their own deliveries, they shouldn’t be placing any. Good on you for letting them know.
NTA at all. They need to get it together and come get their stuff. It’s absolutely not your job to take things back to them.
NTA should have done that a while ago
LOL … NTA Inform everyone they are responsible for their own orders; anything left over an hour will be disposed of! Happy 2026!
I’d have put everything on the curb near the trash cans.